Arizona Politics

Maricopa County Elections and MCSO Sheriff Russ Skinner spoke on Oct. 29 where they discussed "steps being taken to secure the 2024 General Election." FOX 10's Ashlie Rodriguez has the details.

Attention early voters in Arizona, Tuesday, October 29, is the deadline to mail back your ballot for the general election. After today, it cannot be guaranteed that your ballot will be returned by 7 p.m. on election day. If it is not collected by then, it will not count. After today, early ballots should be brought to an early voting center or placed in an official ballot drop box. They can also be dropped off at any polling place on election day.

FOX 10's Ashlie Rodriguez has the latest as a hearing was held in Phoenix on Monday over a dispute regarding the voter registration of nearly 220,000 people.

Figures from an update provided by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer shows more than 400,000 registered Republicans and close to 325,000 registered Democrats have returned their ballots so far.

Here's a reminder for voters with early ballots: Tuesday, Oct. 29 is the deadline to get that ballot back in the mail. If you miss that deadline, that early ballot should be brought to early voting centers or official dropboxes.

The issue of voters who were improperly registered to vote in the election is coming before the state court once again, as a conservative group is demanding the names of voters who were impacted by a voter registration system error. FOX 10's Danielle Miller reports.

Phoenix Police are still investigating how a toddler got a gun and shot himself on Oct. 19 – it's a situation a Gilbert family knows all too well. The family is working to get a bill passed in honor of their son to require safe gun storage. FOX 10's Nicole Krasean has the story.

The presidential candidates will hold dueling rallies in the Valley on Halloween. VP Harris will be hosting a "When We Vote We Win" event, while Trump will be at Desert Diamond Arena for a hurricane relief fundraiser.

In this edition of Newsmaker, FOX 10's John Hook is talking all things related to election safety, including the safety of election workers and voters. Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsberg co-chairs of "Pillars of the Community" join us.

President Joe Biden apologizes for Native American boarding school policy; suspect in Phoenix Pride attack plot appears in court. Those stories and more headline our coverage on Thursday, Oct. 24.

President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the "sin" of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated Indian children from their parents, calling it "blot on American history" in his first visit to Native Country.

From what former President Donald Trump said during his campaign rally in Tempe; new details on a man accused of setting a mailbox with ballots inside on fire. Those stories and more headline our coverage on Thursday, Oct. 24.